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12th Annual Rocky Mountain Big Bird Festival
August 20 & 21

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Event Flyer PDF

Schedule:

Friday, Aug 19:
4 pm - 7 pm
Registration & Aircraft Inspections
Pot-Luck Dinner

Saturday, Aug 20:
8 am
Registration & Aircraft Inspection

9 am
Pilot Briefing

9 am - 12 pm
Open Flying -- Giant Scale Only

12 pm - 1 pm
Airshow Featuring
Mark Leseberg Jr.

1 pm - 4 pm
Open Flying -- Giant Scale Only

7 pm
Pig Roast Dinner for
Pilots and Families

Sunday, Aug 21:
8 am
Registration & Aircraft Inspection

9 am
Pilot Briefing

9 am - 12 pm
Open Flying -- Giant Scale Only

12 pm - 1 pm
Airshow Featuring
Mark Leseberg Jr.

1 pm - 2 pm
Open Flying -- Giant Scale Only

2 pm
Raffle Drawing for
Ready-to-Fly
"Quinn" Kadet Mark II

Open flying before and after hours

Pilot information

Spectator information

Up to 6 aircraft flying at a time all day long!

120+ pilots from 15 states.
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Over 200 Giant Scale R/C Model Aircraft.
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Models up to 12 foot wingspan, 40+ lbs. and 150 cc engines! E0887.JPG (21611 bytes)

Noon Each Day:
Aerobatics Airshow Featuring

Mark Leseberg Jr.
National Unlimited & Freestyle IMAC Aerobatics Chamption
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Spectators are encouraged to come out and see the activities at the Drake Field flying site.

Parking / Admission $3.00 per vehicle

Please bring chair, hat and sunscreen

Chance to Win Your Own Big Bird!

Public Raffle to Win Ready-to-Fly Quinn Cadel MkII
82 inch wingspan, radio control system and engine

Contrbutors and Sponsors:

3D Flying Magazine

Abell Hobby

Action Hobbies

Aero-Works

Balsa USA

Bob Smith Industries

Brian O'Meara Fod

C H Electronics

Cactus Aviation

DeJohn House Moving

Don's Hobbies

Ferrero Auto Center

Handibond

Hobbytown USA

Jim's Things With Wings

Kays Klip n' Kurls

Kirby Kustom Vinyl Graphics

MGA Enterprises

Model Aircraft Brokers

Planes Plus

Powermaster Fuel

Robart Mfg.

Sullivan Products

Tru-Turn Precision Model Products

Vision Clinic

Windsor Propellor Company

West-Tec Press

Yantis Real Estate

 

Italicized Sponsors are new additions.

Pilots: Come Fly With Us!

  Event Basics:

Saturday 9am -- 4 pm and Sunday 9am -- 2 pm

Quarter-Scale minimum or 80-inch+ winspan

$10 landing fee if pre-registered, $15 at event

AMA and IMAA rulles apply

Inspections and AMA membership required

 

For this event, the Drake Field flying site includes concessions, impound area and RV/Motorhome parking, no hook-ups. (Many arrive early!)

  Back by Popular Demand:

Free pilot drawings for GIANT scale kits and accessories every hour

"Pilot Only" raffles and "Spouse Only" raffles

World-class "free style" exhibition flying airshow both days featuring Mark Leseberg Jr.

Air bosses and strict frequency monitoring and transmitter impound

Friday afternoon registration and inspections

Multiple starting lines

Fun, friendly and relaxed atmosphere

Pig roast dinner Saturday evening for pilots and families (extra charge)

  Registration:

Use registration form here OR
Send $10 advance landing fee (payable to Love-Air R/C Inc.), and name, address, phone, email, and AMA # to contest director:

Michael Harrington

6112 Ashton Ct.

Fort Collins CO 80525

(970) 2256-4820

 

Email Registration

  Contest Director:

Michael Harrington

(970) 2256-4820

6112 Ashton Ct.

Fort Collins CO 80525

Michael.Harrington@LoveAirRC.org

  Event Director:

Bob Ferrero

(970) 214-1716

1100 West Shore Place

Loveland CO 80538

Bob.Ferrero@LoveAirRC.org